I was only a few months old when he died...

But when I was in my final degree year around 1984,
while I was writing my dissertation and preparing for my finals,
I coped with one of my 2 steady girlfriends chucking me
by moping in my attic bedsit huddled under my desk
listening endlessly to a Buddy Holly cassette...

"Learning the Game" probably featured prominently on that tape...